An experienced, lay or ordained Anglican to join this newly formed department. You will help parishes explore issues around mission and church growth. You’ll enable and encourage Fresh Expressions of church, build up lay mission teams, develop MSM and MSI training opportunities and help parishes respond to the new housing developments in their midst. You will work with designated deaneries on Mission Action Planning

We want someone who can demonstrate

experience within the Anglican Church

energy, drive and a commitment to church growth

a clear ability to lead

an innovative approach to mission

that they are up for a challenge

and eagerness to put theory into practice

You will live in the Rochester Archdeaconry area, with easy access to local facilities and nearby Bluewater and Ebbsfleet

This is a full time post formed in partnership with the Benefice of Ashwick, Oakhilland Binegar (AOB) and the Benefice of Shepton Mallet, Doulting and Cranmore inSomerset. The person appointed will have parochial responsibility for AOB asPriest in Charge (50%) and live there and be an Associate Vicar in Shepton Mallet,Doulting and Cranmore (50%).

We offer:• A new and exciting opportunity to work across these two benefices• Enormous possibilities for mission and ministry• An opportunity to work with an experienced colleague, to pioneer excitingnew models of ministry across the Shepton Local Ministry Group (LMG)• A demographically diverse community in which to work• A commitment to seeing lay ministry grow and develop

There are plenty of courses out there that impart head knowledge but we think we learn best by meeting people who are doing mission, by hanging out with their communities, hearing their stories and then thinking about what we can learn for our own contexts. Throw in some diverse contexts, some great food and inspiring other people on the weekends and you've got a great mix! That's what Resource is all about. You can dive into one weekend or do all four in a year to get a much broader experience.

The Church of England
Newspaper has started something called College Street, a strain of the paper
that releases monthly emails for the 16-25 year old kind of mark! See below for
an example. It is completely free and subscribers will just receive the one
email a month from us, though the website is updated weekly with various polls
and ‘College Street Loves’ posts - http://religiousintelligence.org/churchnewspaper/?cat=2098.

In September this year, Bible
charity SGMLifewords launched Journey
Out Of Darkness, a manga-style comic telling the story of Jesus’ birth in
the Bible’s own words. SGMLifewords invited schools and youth
workers to order as many as they needed to help them share the Christmas story
with young people across the country, and many have responded.

Alongside the many outdoor adventures Rock UK provides for thousands of young people, the charity has
taken on a new challenge to help Operation Christmas Child deliver their 100 millionth gift-filled shoebox this year.